Rail-bracket.



D. GRISINGER.

RAIL BRACKET. 1 APPLICATION FILED SEPT-18.1916.

1,220,222. Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I D. GRISINGER RAIL BRACKET.

AFFLICATIQN FILED SvEPT- I8, i916.

1,220,222. PatentedMar.27,1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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DAVID GRISINGER, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF BOLUS, 0F CORLISS, WISCONSIN.

RAIL-BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

To all whom t may; concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID GRIsINcEn, a citizen of the United States, and resident `of Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Brackets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in means for lifting the journal boxes of railway rolling stock, to permit manipulation of the bearing brasses therein.

It is primarily the object of the present invention to provide a bracket which may be readily attached to a rail adjacent a car wheel, to form a support for a lifting vjack engageable with the journal box of the car wheel.

When excessive friction occurs between the bearing brass and axlevdue to lack of lubricant in the ljournal box, this condition being commonly termed a .hotboxf the bearing brass adheres to the axle upon stoppage of the car, 'and in lifting the journal box, the axle is also lifted and. retains its adhesion to the bearing brass, thus preventing removal thereof. It is therefore furtherV the object of the invention to provide means associated with the jack supporting bracket for retaining the wheel on the rail, to thus procure its separation from the bearing brass, in the event of a hot box.

' VIt is still further an object of the invention to provide a supporting bracket of the present nature, which, when associated with a'wheel, prevents also rolling movement of the wheel on the rail.

` The present bracket-.is adapted more particularly'for use under conditions wherein the sides of the rail are exposed, and wherein there is a considerable clearance at the sides of the rail. It is often desirable, however, to lift thejournal boxes of a car when the car is disposed on rails having platforms thereadjacentl which are disposed in lsubstantially the plane of the top of the rail,

thus preventing accessy to the sides of the l rail, and consequently preventing Vnormal usage of the present device. This condition occurs in stations and at crossings. It is therefore still a further object to adapt the present device for operation also under this condition which prevents its normal operal the rail as Fig. 4.

tion, without sacrificing the wheel holding functions of the device, and without anateriallyj affecting the desired simplicity of structure of the device.

It is still further an object to provide a device of the present nature which is of an exceedingly simple and durable structure, and which may be most readily applied to or detached from a rail.

More particularly with respect to the normal operation of the device, it is a still further object to provide an arrangement whereby the device is adjustable for association with'diiferent sizes of rails. Y

With the' aboveand other objects and advantages in view, the invention resides more particularly in the novel combination, ar-

TO WILLIAM Gr.

rangement and formation of parts more particularly hereinafter described and parf ticularly claims.

In the drawings Figure'l is a vertical sectional .view taken longitudinally through a jack supporting rail bracket embodying the present invention, the plane of this view being indicated by the line l-l of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the rail bracket' associated with a rail and car wheel, as in Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the body of the bracket on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is aview showing the improved bracket associated with a rail having platforms disposed thereadjacent and flush with pointed `out in the appended the top thereof, and

Fig. 5 is a view taken longitudinally of indicated by the line 5 5 of Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings there is shown a rail 5 on which is disposed a car'wheel 6 of conventional vtype mounted on an axle 7 which extends outwardlyvof the wheel forv engagement of a bearing brass 8Y carried in the usual journal box 9V which supports i the body of the car, this journal box being capable of vertical movement on the axle to lift the car body therefrom whereby the bearingv brass may be withdrawn throughlo the usual door 10 of the journal box. It has been heretofore customary to lift the journal box by means of a jack 11 resting on the ground and engageable under the box, but Vthe disposition of the jack on the ground is open to various disadvantages, and l provide my improved rail bracket to support the jack, and to also hold the car wheel against movement with respect to the rail.

The bracket comprises a body plate 12 which is provided at one end with upwardly offset longitudinally extending spaced arms 13 having their free ends bent in hook shape at 14 to embrace the ball of a rail, as shown more particularly in Fig. 1. Slidable on the body plate 12 is a rail abutting plate 15 which is held against lateral movement with respect to the body plate by flanges 1G at the sides thereof which merge into the arms 13. The plate 15 is thus adapted to abut the web of the rail at its outer side, and when held against sliding movement, to support the bracket in a position extending horizontally outward from the rail. The holding means of the sliding plate 15 comprises an upstanding transverse lug 17 at the outer end of the body plate 12, which is selectively engageable in one of a plurality of transverse recesses 18 in the under face of the said sliding plate, and these interlocking portions are held together upon application of the bracket to a rail, by a bolt 19 depending from the plate 15 and slida'ble in a longitudinal slot 20 in the body plate 12, and carrying below the body plate a pivotal cam lever 21 which, when disposed longitudinally of the bracket lies in a longitudinal groove 22 in the bottom face of the plate 12, to thus permit lateral relative movement of the plates 12 and 15 to disengage the lug 17 and selective recess 18. lVhen the lever is swung laterally, a cam face 23 of its head engages the edge'of the groove 22, to draw the plates together. lt is noted that the pivotal connection of this lever to the bolt 19 is procured by threading it thereon, although any pivotal attachment could be used.

The bracket may thus be readily applied to a rail to form a proper support for the jack, and by reason of the plurality of locking recesses 18, the attachment of the Lbracket may be adjusted for different sizes of rails. The arms 13, lying on the rail at both sides of and adjacent the point of engagement of the wheel therewith, prevent rolling movement of the wheel.

Under certain conditions, as shown in Fig. 4 wherein platforms A are disposed at the sides of the rail, the normalL usage of the bracket is prevented, and to adapt the bracket for use under such conditions, the body plate is provided at its sides with depending foot flanges 24vwhich seat on the platform, .to provide a support for the bracket structure, andthe sliding plate 15 is capable of movement whereby its inner end projects outwardly of the hook ends 14C of the arms 13, and carries at its inner end a pair of downwardly offset spaced chuck portions l25 adapted to rest on the rail at both sides of and adjacent the point of engagement of the wheel therewith, to thus prevent rolling movement of the wheel.

When insuilicient lubrication is provided in the journal box, the axle and bearing brass adhere with sufficient strength to lift the axle upon lifting the journal box and thus prevent removal of the bearing brass.

To hold the axle against lifting movementV noted that the body of the bracket is raised with respect to the car wheel flange when associated with a rail having a platform thereadjacent. A means must therefore be provided for locking the arm 27 in either of its engaging positions with a car wheel flange, and in the present embodiment ofthe invention this locking means comprises a yoke member 29 having its arms slidably mounted on the pivot bolt l28Vat the outer sides of the lugs and having its bight interlockingly engageable in transverse open end recesses 30 in the tops of the lugs 26, and in one of a pair of selectively alinable recesses 31 in the head portion of the arm.

A jack supporting and wheel holding rail bracket has thus been provided which may be most conveniently manipulated for its various operations, and wherein its adaptation for association with a rail at dierent elevations, as described, does not detract from a general simplicity and durability of structure.

Vhile l have shown and described one embodiment of the invention, it is apparent that to meet differing conditions of use, variioo j ous modifications of structure may be re-V sorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention, and they invention is limited only by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A jack supporting rail bracket comprising a body plate including a portion adapted to extend transversely of and engage one side of the rail, a plate slidably connected with the body plate, a lug on one plate, the other plate being provided with a recess adapted to receive said lug, a bolt carried by one plate Vand slidably passed through kthe other plate and a cam lever on the bolt engageable with said other plate to lock said lug in the recess.

2. A jack supporting and wheel holding rail bracket comprising a body plate provided with a pair of spaced upwardly offset arms extending longitudinally from one end thereof and having their free ends bent to embrace a rail, a rail abutting plate slidably connected with the body plate and means for holding said plates against sliding movement.

3. A jack supporting and wheel holding rail bracket comprising a body plate provided with a pair of spaced upwardly offset arms extending longitudinally from one end thereof and having their free ends bent to embrace a rail, a rail abutting plate slidably connected with the body plate, means for holding said plates against sliding movement and a pair of spaced chuck blocks projecting from one end of the rail abutting plate.

4. A jack supporting and wheel holding rail bracket comprising a body plate provided with a pair of spaced upwardly offset arms extending longitudinally from one end thereof and having their free ends bent to embrace a rail, a rail abutting plate slidably connected with the body plate, a pair of spaced chuck blocks projecting from one end of the rail abutting plate, means disposed under the plates for locking said plates against sliding movement, and depending foot anges on the body plate.

5. A jack supporting and wheel holding rail bracket comprising a body portion adapted for securement to eXtend laterally from a rail at different elevations, a lug on the body portion, a car wheel engaging arm including a head portion pivoted to the lug, said lug being provided with a recess, said arm being provided with a pair of recesses adapted to selectively aline with the rst recesses and a locking member engageable in the first recesses and one of the second recesses.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two Witnesses.

DAVID GRISINGER.

Vitnesses:

C. SOMERS, W. T. HALL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G. 

